CCTV News (Evening Edition), China Central Television (September 29, 2026).

General Secretary Xi Jinping has written a letter of reply to all teachers and students of Sichuan University, emphasizing the importance of leveraging the strengths of interdisciplinary integration between arts and sciences, and striving to be pioneers and role models in serving the national strategies of the new era. Sichuan University was originally founded in 1896 as the Sichuan College of Arts and Sciences, and it is the earliest institution of higher education established in the southwestern region of China.